Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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